live music reviews

The Rio is an interesting venue for music. The setting is typically a movie theatre or a stage for performance art, and its elevated stage

  Summertime is festival time. Whatever groove you desire, whatever pocket of the province you happen to habitat in, there is a festival of delights

There were a number of reasons why the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble’s presentation of Speaking Strings Utter Things intrigued me, not the least its rhyming

Noted for the dramatically differing styles of their first two records, British ‘math-rockers’ Foals have morphed yet again with their sensational new album Holy Fire.

The weekend was marked by a black cloud by those unable to attend this year’s edition of Sasquatch Music Festival south of the border. As

The purplish hue of Venue was dark and coldly lit with sparse bulbs and twirling projectors that shot down revolving blue indo-centric patterns onto the

The debut album of UK indie band Daughter may have only seen its North American release a few weeks ago, but the achingly beautiful If

“Going to see the Fresh & Onlys?” the clerk at Red Cat Records asked when he caught a glimpse of my ticket as I pulled

This show’s ticket stub should have come with a hazard-warning. No two bands today are more capable of ripping apart your eardrums and then blowing

Ever since the first instance I became aware of the music created by British DJ and producer Simon Green, aka Bonobo, so did my confusion

George Watsky and Dumbfoundead are living testaments to that DIY meritocracy of YouTube where it doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like;